On Friday 21 February 2003 08:46 pm, Net Llama! wrote: > --- Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > There is also a movement afoot (nothing significant yet) to organize a > > boycott > > of French and German goods. > > References? Sorry, I can't find anything on Google yet. When I heard this report, I promptly spaced out the "who" involved, since I don't demonstrate or boycott. > > > A great many patriotic (not jingoistic) Americans believe that the > > Germans and > > the French respect Americans only when we are saving their butts or > > providing > > them an economic benefit. Said patriotic Americans feel that the > > French and > > Germans are knifing us in the back. Many of these same patriotic > > Americans > > firmly believe that the Peace demonstrators are effectively supporint > > Sadaam > > Hussein. > I'll leave you to Google for yourself on this one and any remaining topics. I've heard or seen in editorials all of these sentiments echoed for a long time now, and I don't keep a running tab. One example of the bring home the troops subject is: http://www.independent.org/tii/news/020611Moore.html. The emphasis here is not "stick it to the Germans" as reported in Zoki's article, but to remove American troops from harm's way in this age of terrorism. Enjoy, -- Collins Richey - Denver Area Athlon-XP gentoo 1.4_rc2 kde 3.1 _______________________________________________ General mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/general
